This is the start of my journey to loving music. Why don’t you join me and we can discover music together.
Chris Knox
For those of you who don’t know Chris Knox, he arrived on the New Zealand music scene back in 1977 in arguably the most influential kiwi punk band The Enemy. Later he went on to form great bands like Toy Love and Tall Dwarfs as well as releasing a plethora of solo self produced albums. At the 2001 New Zealand Music Awards his 1990 track Not Given Lightly was chosen as New Zealand’s 13th best song of all time. 5 years later he started his own record label A Major Records and continues to create music to this day with The Nothing.
In order to send out my good vibes to Chris in this his time of recovery I have dedicated this weeks NZ Beats show to his work. Have a listen to the podcast below, or head over to NZ Beats for the full show notes.
[...] http://www.whataboutki.com/life/chris-knox-suffers-a-stroke [...]
You Tube ABC's
Aa is for Akon and American Idol
Bb is for Beyonce and Britney Spears
Cc is for Chris Brown and Crack a Bottle
Dd is for Dead and Gone and Day and Night
Ee is for Eminem and Enrique Iglesias
Ff is for Fred and Funny
Gg is for Green Day and Ghost
Hh is for Halo and Hannah Montana
Ii is for I’m on a Boat and I Love College
Jj is for Just Dance and Justin Timberlake
Kk is for Kiss Me Thru the Phone and Kelly Clarkson
Ll is for Lady Gaga and Lil Wayne
Mm is for Michael Jackson and Miley Cyrus
Nn is for Nickelback and Naruto
Oo is for Obama and On a Boat
Pp is for Poker Face and Pink
Qq is for Queen and Quest Crew
Rr is for Right Round and Rihanna
Ss is for Soulja Boy and Single Ladies
Tt is for Taylor Swift and Twilight
Uu is for Usher and U2
Vv is for Vanessa Hugens and Viva La Vida
Ww is for Womanizer and Watchmen
Xx is for X Factor and Xzibit
Yy is for Young Jeezy and YouTube
Zz is for Zac Efron and Zombie
So there you have it, 26 letters and 52 videos. I’m extremely surprised on how many of the videos are music related; either a song or about an musician… if you can call Hannah Montana / Miley Cyrus a musician. Anywho, hope you liked it. Please share with your friends on Facebook, Digg, Delicious, Twitter etc.
NB. This list was made on the 5th of May 2009
Classical Sparks in the Park
Of course the highlight of the night was the firework finally. It started with a flaming apple being shot with a flaming arrow, then moved into a pretty spectacular firework rocket display that match a classical music score that was being played.
Pretty good start to the Waitangi Day weekend.
Fireworks
Here is another music video I happened across the other day. Puppets weren’t this cool since The Swedish Chef.
http://www.vimeo.com/3082226
On Stage with Cut Off Your Hands at Sounday 09
http://www.vimeo.com/2878535
Saw this music video for the first time last week. At first I didn’t like the song, but the video was so good I just kept watching. Now the song is growing on me because I can’t get enough of the video.
if you try to play the video, it says that embedding has been disabled by request.
I guess Sia doesn't want the publicity
Thanks for that. I have now changed it over to Vimeo for your viewing pleasure.
I use pitchfork, the onion AV club, and NPR. However these really are all geared toward indie music at the mo. But check out their top lists for 2009, which can be quite interesting.
I also use sites like allmusic to find ’similar artists’. It doesn’t work that well, but sometimes you find something good.
Loved your honesty. The music I love is the music that shares my philosophy of life.